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Former televangelist Tammy Faye Messner, formerly Tammy Faye Bakker, posted Tuesday on her website (service is currently unavailable) a message about her health. Messner, 65, reports that doctors have stopped treating her cancer. She was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996 and announced in 2004 that the disease had spread to her lungs. “I am [...]
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A new analysis suggests that vitamin D may help prevent breast and colorectal cancer. Previous research has suggested that vitamin D can help in the prevention of cancer. Now there is fresh evidence from an analysis from the University of California. They looked at the risk of breast cancer among two large clinical studies and [...]
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Exercise is the key to a health body and a healthy mind. It is believed that one hour of daily vigorous exercise or two hours of less strenuous activity is now linked to a lower risk of colon cancer, according to the results of a recent study. Cycling, Jogging, running, pumping iron, swimming, and even [...]
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In a clinical trial conducted at the University of Nottingham, scientists gave a vaccine to 67 colorectal cancer patients before and after surgery to remove the cancerous tumors. The British researchers say they have developed a vaccine that stimulates the immune system to fight colorectal cancer cells.Vaccine trials are not new in the search for [...]
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An experimental vaccine may help colorectal cancer patients battle the disease. This vaccine developed in the U.K. stimulated the production of killer T cells in up to 70 of colorectal cancer patients. Researchers at the University of Nottingham cloned an antibody called 105AD7 from a patient with colorectal cancer who survived seven years with liver [...]
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Red wine consumption is associated with a reduced risk of various forms of cancer–leukemia, breast and prostate, in animal studies and in real life. A new study found that drinking more than three glasses of red wine a week reduced the incidence of abnormal growths and cancers of the intestinal tract by two-thirds.Red wine has [...]
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An anti-viral molecule, TBK-1, that the body uses to fight viruses, seems to be vital to the survival of cancer cells. Blocking one enzyme, aldose reductase, was found to stop colon cancer cells in cell culture laboratory tests and in mice implanted with human colon cancer cells, according to University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center [...]
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